5. Benjamin Franklin owned one of the first paper mills in America, and it processed hemp. Also, the War of 1812 was fought over hemp. Napoleon wanted to cut off Moscow’s export to England. (Jack Herer. Emperor Wears No Clothes.) 6. For thousands of ...

listverse.com •
8 years ago

http://listverse.com/2009/04/15/15-fascinating-facts-about-hemp/

A very unpopular war in Maine

The impressment of Diguo — one of about 10,000 American men who were forced to serve in the British Navy in the decade before the War of 1812 — fueled calls to ... docked in Portland Harbor, stripped off his clothes, slathered him in tar and feathers ...

During his expedition of 1812, his colleagues would frequently have to light beacons ... and tried to escape. The pissed-off rescuers chased him for three days through dense forest until he, somehow, managed to make it back into the camp.

The impressment of Diguo — one of about 10,000 American men who were forced to serve in the British Navy in the decade before the War of 1812 — fueled calls to ... docked in Portland Harbor, stripped off his clothes, slathered him in tar and feathers ...

Kelley Bouchard •
Portland Press Herald •
2 years ago

http://www.pressherald.com/2012/06/17/the-war-of-1812_2012-06-17/

The Strange Life and Times of Charley Parkhurst

And one of the best-known stagecoach drivers in the 1850s and 1860s was Charley Parkhurst. Parkhurst drove ... According to the records of her former employer, Wells Fargo, Parkhurst "was small (only about 5' 6"), slim and wiry, with alert gray eyes.

Metroactive •
13 months ago

http://www.metroactive.com/papers/cruz/03.05.03/charley-0310.html

Moses Lake police - Oct. 12

5:53 am – Grape Drive – A woman saw a man outside her bathroom window in dark clothes. He was last seen running east. 7:29 am – Alder Street – An officer helped push a vehicle off the road. 8:28 am – Cougar Drive – A boat trailer was found on ...

The name MacRae is well known to Wilmingtonians for many reasons — most notably for Hugh MacRae Park, the sprawling long leaf pine forest off Oleander Drive — but ... MacRae, a veteran of the War of 1812 and the oldest officer in the Confederate ...

Wrightsville Beach Magazine •
11 years ago

http://www.wrightsvillebeachmagazine.com/article.asp?aid=198&iid=34

City staff forced to use cell phone left over from War of 1812

Or could we get by with an off-the-shelf stock museum mannequin head that kind of ... seeing that his body was shaped using considerable quantities of duct tape and other materials under his clothes. There was also a …

Soo Today •
13 months ago

http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/details.asp?c=102299

12 notable Cape-Fear-area residents who attended the University of North Carolina

Connor and Casey Barth: These Hoggard High School grads and future NFL kickers both set records at UNC for most field goals ... noted for his valor in the War of 1812, attended classes through 1799 until a fire at his …